Massage implement



Oct. 16, 1928.

' D. BERGER MASSAGE IMPLEMENT Filed Feb.'29, 1928 3 s t t l ATTORNEYS V Oct. 16, 1928,

' 1,688,226 D. BERGER MASSAGE IMPLEMENT Filed Feb. 29, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 l A TTORNE YS Patented Oct. 16, 1928.

1,688,226 PATENT, OFFICE.

- UNITED STATES,

DAVID BERGER, O1 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MASSAGE IMPLEMENT.

Application filed. February 29, 1938. Serial No. 257,993.

implement of the above kind having a rubbing head composed arranged leaves when immersed in a saturated and'heated condition formassaging the body, are calculated, by reason of their nature and characteristics, to produce beneficial effects upon the skin and body of the patient.

of a plurality of compactly sage implement of the above kind embodying a holder having a handle and constructed to effectively hold and engage andretain the leaves in a bulbous compactly arranged form for efiicient use in massaging the body. 1

Still another object is torso construct the holder as to permit leaves therewith by engagement of the stems of the leaves, whereby the latter are effectively retained in assembled relation to form the rubbing head of theimplement.

A more specific object is to provide a mas- I Other objects will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, and the same cons1sts m the novel iornn-combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 isa si le elevational view of amassage implement embodying the present in vention, some of the'leaves of the rubbing head being omitted to more clearly reveal the construction ,Figure 21s a diagrammatic plan view showing the form of the head by dotted lines and the relations thereof to the holderwhich is shown in top plan; e

' Figure 3 is an enlarged top plan view of the holder;

Figure 4 1s a central vertical section taken 7 on line 4-4 of Figure 3; r

' I Figure 5 is a fragmentary bottom plan view of the holder with the handle thereof detache'd; and, i

I Figure 6 1s afragmentary section on line of the oak tree, which leaves,

in hot water and employed P the rgady aggernbly fthe tO llgll enlargements 13, and

t56 of Figure 8, with a few leaves positioned in place to reveal the manner 1n which they are held in assembled relation with the holder.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the present invention broadly embodies a holder 5 having a handle 6 and with which are engaged the stems 7 of numerous leaves As shown, the holder 5 consists of a hollow silver or aluminum shell of circular form in as illustrated in Figure d, and provided in this holder at uniformly spaced intervals isa circular series of radial slots 10 which extend through the top and bottom walls of the lan and somewhat flattened vertically into substantially elliptical cross-sectional form' holder from a point adjacent the center of the top wall to points adjacent the central depending annular flange 11 of the bottomwall, where said slots are enlargedto provide stem entrance openings.

A characteristleofthe stems 710i? oak leaves I is thattheyterminate in relatively strong or the slots" 10 are made narrower than these enlargements al though of sufiicient width to permit the passage of the outer more slender portions of the stems 7 therethrough. The entrance open ings 12 are of suiiicient size topermit the passage of the enlargedend-s 13 of the stems 7, and it will thus be apparent that the leaves may be successively engaged with the holder by inserting the enlarged ends 13 of the stems through the entrance openings 12 and then,

sliding the leaves outwardly" and N then in wardly in the slots 11 toward the terminals thereof adjacent the center of the topt'wall of the holder. As the holder is filled, successive leai' stems will beengaged and positioned in the portions of the slot lOprovided in the bottom wall of the holder as indicated in Figure 1.

In order to effectively grip the enlarged ends of the stems 7 and tightly hold the leaves assembled with the holoer the longitudinal walls of the slot 10 are inturned or directed inwardly as at 14'. I

' In view of vthe above it will be seen that when sufiicient leaves are assembled with the holder as to have their stems 7 completely fill large bulbous rubbing head 9 willbe provided composed of numerous compactly arranged leaves of the oak tree.

As shown clearly in Figures 4 and 5, the bottom wall of the holder 5 is provided with a relatively large central opening and has a depending cylindrical flange 15 in surrounding relation to this opening and adapted for snug reception of the cylindrical upper end portion a 16 or thehandle into the end of the handle.

'16 preferably consist of a'reduced end of the 6, the holder being secured on this end of the handle by means or screws 17 passed through the flanges 1'5 and threaded The. end portions lar in place, and this collar 19 has anou'twardly directed annular flange 20 at its upper end adapted to underlie and cover the entrance openings 12 so that theaadjacent leaves will be held in the slot 10. It is thus apparent that after the leaves are assembled with the holder 5, thelattermay be fastened uponthe handle (Svvith the collar 19 in place upon the flange 15, thus preventing accidental displacemeiit ofthe leaves 8 out ofthe slot 10 and st place in fectively maintaining the leaves in the'assembled relation referred to above.

" ter -sunk in the top having its lowerthreadcd end engaged in a nut 23 countersunk 1n the outer end of the 1 head 9 is immersed inhot water so as to be rubbed upon the In order to resist bending of the holder 5 and totherefore reinforce the same," a tie bolt 21 is extended through the" handle and through a central opening in the top wall of the holder, the head 22 or the boltbeing coun- Wall of the holder and handle 6 as shown in Figure a. The countersinking of the head 20 isetl'ected by providing Y the top Wall of the holder pressed portion 24L shaped to accommodate the h I collar fitting on sa with a central dehead22 of the bolt 21.

In the useoi the present implement, the

completely'sa turated and thereby'cause the leaves to soften and liberate such matterScontained thereby beneficial effect upon the skin and body when the head thus saturated with hot water is body. By the use of this im-f plement, a most efficient massaging operation may be accomplished so as to produce invigorating and otherwise helpful effect upon hen the rubbing the bodyof the patient.

head becomes no longer fit for further use the may be readily removed and new set or bunch thereof assembled upon the holder for subse- I,

holder-may be readily detached from the handleby removing the fastening .screws17 and the collar 19, whereupon the old leaves quen'tuse a a The construction will be found quiteleffias are helpful in producing a lar fitting on said entrance openings for the enlarged ends of the leaf stems. i i

2. Ina massage implement, a holder embodying a hollow metalshell having a circular series of radial leaf-stem receiving slots, said slots havingenlarged portions tormin entrance openings for the enlarged ends or the leaf stems, and means to close said entrance openings to retain the leaf stems in said slots.

8. In a massage implement,,a holder embodying'a hollow metal shell having a OlIClllar series or radial leai stem receiving slots, sald slots having enlarged portions form ng entrance openings tor the enlarged ends or i the leafstems, said slots extending in the top and bottom walls of theshell from points ad'- j acent the center or the top wall to points 'ad- 1 jacent the center of the bottom wall and terminating in said entrance openings at the latter points. l f V 4b In a massage implement, a holder 'embodying a hollow'metal shell having a circular series of radial leaf-stem" receiving slots, said slots having enlarged portions forming entrance openings for the enlargedends of the leaf stems, said slots extending in the top andibottom walls of the shell from points adjacent the" center ofthe top wall to points ad 'jacent the center of the bottom wall and terminating in said entrance openings at the latter points, the bottom wall of'the' shell having a central opening and provide'dwith:

an annular flange about said opening, and a d flange and covering said entrance openings.

the leaf stems,"said slots extending in the tcglp and bottom walls of the shell frompoints a jacent the center of thetop wall to points adjacent the center of the bottom wall and terminating in said entrance openings at the lat:

"ter points, the bottom wall of the shell havlng a centralopening and provided with an 5; In a'massage implement, a holder em ill") annular flange about said opening, and a col flange and covering said entrance openin s, a handle having a reduced end fitting an secured in said annular flange; a f

6. In a massage implement, a holder-em bodying a hollow metal'shell havinga' circular series of radial leaf-stern receiving slots, sald slots havlng enlarged portions forming entrance openings tor the enlarged ends of the leaf stems, said slots extending in the top and bottom walls of the shell from points adjacent the center of the top wall topoints adjacent the center of the bottom wall and terminating in said entrance openings at the latter points, the bottom wall of the shell having 1 a central opening and provided with an annular flange about said openings, ting on said flange and covering said entrance openings, a handle having a reduced end fitting and secured in said annular flange, and atie bolt between the top Wall of the shell and the handle extending axially through the latter.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

DAVID BERGER.

a collar fit- 

